SUMMARY

In FY 2017-18, state agencies administered $11.9 billion in federal financial assistance. Our audit focused on 16 federal programs that accounted for 73.0 percent of the federal financial assistance administered by state agencies in FY 2017-18. We found that state agencies generally complied with federal requirements, and we provided an unmodified opinion on compliance with federal requirements for 14 of the programs we reviewed. We qualified our opinion on compliance related to cash management requirements for the other 2 federal programs. We make recommendations to six state agencies—DOA, DCF, DHS, DPI, UW System, and the Wisconsin Technical College System—to improve the administration of federal programs. The federal government will work with state agencies to resolve the concerns we identified.